Slipknot are letting down fans by having Marilyn Manson as a support act

There was no way I was going to watch someone perform who had been accused of sexual assault by multiple women (Picture: Antoine Flament/Getty Images)

‘Slipknot are touring’, I screamed as I ran down the stairs to my partner.

Excited nostalgia rushed through my body as I sat in my bedroom, scanning their Instagram. I had only seen them live twice before, at Reading Festival in 2000 and 2002, and I wondered if my frail 42-year-old body was capable of returning to the mosh pit.

I started doing maths on how much tick...